Herrscher of Reason's Arknights

"So sour..."

"what?"

The girl's sudden response caught sodium chloride off guard.

The hamburger was sour? When did the Russian bear develop such a strong palate?

I picked up a little sauce from the packaging with my finger and put it in my mouth.

The taste is indeed a bit strange, but it's alright, I guess. It's sour?

However, the girl didn't hear her sister's surprise; she simply remained lost in her past memories...

Even if it's just a fragment found from the depths of memory.

However, for some reason, a pang of sorrow reached my heart.

That seems to be a very vague memory of the past.

Those were the days before I was in the nightmare.

During the time when the nameless man and woman were weaving their life together.

What would you like to eat?

The woman with the blurred face asked the babbling toddler.

[Hamburger patties!!!]

The little one also spoke in a bouncy manner using the vocabulary he had just learned.

That's something you can only find elsewhere; you can't get it now. I'll make you some vegetable rolls.

Although she could no longer remember what the woman looked like, she could still remember that the woman was smiling.

A happy smile.

The future was still bright back then.

"Sour?? How could this be? Isn't this sauce sweet? Could it be a problem with the meat?"

Although Sodium Chloride enjoys life, she doesn't discriminate against junk food and also likes this kind of high-calorie food.

"Isn't this sweet?"

"No···"

The girl covered her mouth and nose, seemingly trying to relieve the soreness spreading to her nasal cavity.

"It's sour."

P.S.: Problem solved! Aa ...

Orange told me to go see him on Wednesday to get the recommendation!

Yay! Yay! Yay! I feel like I'm finally about to take off! [Heart emoji]

Section 22, Chapter Twenty-Two: The Snow Demon

"Click"

The sound of ice cracking could be faintly heard beneath our feet.

"This is bad..."

"Why did it crack?"

Early morning, several kilometers from the city we left, on the riverbank of the tundra.

The ice layer, which looked quite solid, couldn't be budge an inch, whether you threw stones or chopped with your feet.

It should be very safe, after all, it's Ursus, a frozen wasteland shrouded in snow and wind all day long. Not to mention people can walk on it, even vehicles should be able to pass through without any problem.

However, before Yelena could even reach the middle, the sound of the ice cracking could be heard.

"It's going to crack?!"

Upon hearing the ominous sound, Little Yelena quickly stopped in her tracks, and the cracking sound also ceased.

emmmmmm····

"The ice layer should be fine."

Sodium Chloride crossed the ice before Yelena and squatted down on the shore. Looking at the ice beneath his feet, he saw that the cracks were so small that they were almost invisible, and he could only hear the cracking sound.

The girl squinted and tapped the ice, only to receive a hard response.

If there's nothing wrong with it, then that would be strange.

The ice layer could support it without any problem, and the blue-gray eyes floated from the ice layer onto Yelena.

emmmm····

"W-what's wrong? Sister, has the ice cracked?!"

"Not really."

"what is that."

"Yelena...have you...gained weight?"

What was said in jest was taken to heart by the listener. Little Yelena has gradually emerged from her past nightmares these days, and with her regular exercise, it's impossible for her to gain weight.

But children, who are growing, tend to accumulate fat in certain areas.

In addition, with her growth spurt these days, the little girl has become more conscious of her appearance and naturally doesn't like others saying she's fat.

Although she doesn't yet understand the relationship between fat and huge.

Feeling that her sister's gaze was a little strange, Little Yelena crossed her arms over her chest.

"How could that be? And the food was...delicious!!"

The girl's screams echoed through the valley.

Sodium chloride, ignoring Yelena's words, slid to the girl's side and poked her in the waist.

Yelena was already quite ticklish, and this made her shudder, her originally fair face turning bright red.

"What are you doing, sister?!"

"It's just a routine checkup to assess development."

The girl's coquettish pout was met with sodium chloride gently pinching and rubbing Yelena's cheeks with both hands.

Despite having a completely expressionless face, he always manages to do these astonishing things.

It truly lives up to its name as the villainous sodium chloride.

However, these are all necessary methods to shorten the distance, and behind the warmth lies a vicious scheme.

"It seems that little Yelena is starting to grow up."

"Don't say such strange things!!"

Originally, it was to save her sister from danger.

Why is this so.

For the first time, I had a chance to survive, and I also had people to help me.

Two happy things should have created even more happiness and led to a brighter future.

But... why?

Why did the image of her sister become increasingly strange in Yelena's mind?

Ignoring the cracking sound and the fissures in the ice, Yelena simply walked over.

If all else fails, we just won't walk on the ice next time.

"Tsk, kids are getting harder and harder to take care of." [Sigh]

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"Should we raise the danger level?"

The "ruins" of the garrison corps.

It is called a ruin because the military camp that once stood here has completely disappeared.

Disappearance in a physical sense.

The military camp was originally a restricted military area surrounded by barbed wire, iron fences, and low walls.

But now all of that is gone. The iron fence, melted and then cooled, lies crookedly in the snow. The entire military camp looks as if it has been plowed by the city's artillery. All that remains are charred military vehicles, collapsed houses, countless craters, and corpses gnawed on by carrion-eating birds.

The entire garrison corps was almost completely wiped out, and all resistance became nothing more than wishful thinking.

According to the limited records, the attacked camp initially retaliated. Ursus's military strength was unmatched on Terra, and no one dared to openly challenge Ursus in terms of military power.

Therefore, the Ursus army is not a pushover; it's impossible for them to be attacked without retaliating.

However, the strangest thing is that the vast majority of deaths occurred during counterattacks.

Finally, the organization was broken up, the morale of the entire legion was shattered, and the attack ended only when the soldiers were completely routed and fled in all directions.

The attackers did not give chase, but simply disappeared on their own.

The attackers this time were an unidentified entity codenamed "Snow Demon" by the Ursus military.

"No, not yet. It's just a snow demon. The Emperor's inner guards are merely the empire's insurance. The fact that the inner guards have been sporadically wiped out doesn't warrant raising the danger level."

"The Emperor's Imperial Guard? It's not surprising that those idiots were instantly killed."

A discordant female voice appeared beside the investigator.

She seemed quite dismissive of it.

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Section 23, Chapter Twenty-Three: The Gods

She was a woman who looked quite alluring.

However, what contradicted her alluring appearance was her nun's habit.

They look like people from the church.

However, the cover of the heavy book that the woman had just closed was engraved with a rather old-fashioned six-pointed star.

"The Emperor's Imperial Guard? Isn't it normal for those idiots to be instantly killed?"

"It was just crushing a few guards and a bunch of lowly mortals. It was nothing special, but the people below are praising it as if some god has been reincarnated."

The woman's tone was quite disdainful.

"Or rather, Duke Kosiché, are you really getting old? Is it really worth our involvement in something like this?"

Among the people present, the most eye-catching was this alluring woman, followed by Kosichrie, dressed in white. On this land where strength speaks, apart from the Ursus Emperor, only these monsters have a voice.

After all, this is a demi-human worldview, and all the legends are materialized. Whether it is the ancient dragons of the East, the evil dragons of the West, or even the evil god of Ursus, they all exist in reality.

Including this woman named Jaga Glazunov.

This name is strange; it's more like a word stitched together than a proper name.

"Of course not, it's just the existence of the Snow Demon that confuses me so much."

"The Duke said humbly," he always said, with a faint smile on his face, elegant and humble, looking like the perfect embodiment of nobility.

Among these monsters, the most humble and mysterious of them all is Koschche.

"After all, we don't need to be enemies with each other. Whether we came first or later, we all love this land. I believe this [Snow Demon] must feel the same way. It's just that her actions were too extreme, which is why I wanted to find you two to help. After all, she casually killed four of the Emperor's guards and leveled the entire military camp. This is already the second military base. Even if Ursus is vast and rich, this will still make those mortals uneasy. This won't do, will it?"

Kosich said.